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Is it time for private schools to have theyre own playoffs in football

  • skank
    Al Bundy;906329 wrote:It's amazing that some schools (public or private) have to provide info. I guess not everyone can be like Massillon where the kids just somehow show up there.

    They'll come to Massillon for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway, not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. "Of course, we won't mind if you have a look around," you'll say.


    If Jason Hall rented a home, THAT HE OWNED, to an football player who wanted to move to Massillon, how do you think that would be taken? Not well I'll tell you.

    Maybe Massillon could set up a combine for kids from the communities of Perry, Jackson, Tuslaw, Northwest, North Canton, Plain Twp. No different than the doings of Ignatius, St Ed, Benedictine....Etc.
  • Al Bundy
    skank;906519 wrote:If Jason Hall rented a home, THAT HE OWNED, to an football player who wanted to move to Massillon, how do you think that would be taken? Not well I'll tell you.

    Maybe Massillon could set up a combine for kids from the communities of Perry, Jackson, Tuslaw, Northwest, North Canton, Plain Twp. No different than the doings of Ignatius, St Ed, Benedictine....Etc.
    Why would Massillon limit themselves to those communities? "If" they have a combine why not bring in kids from Michigan, Oregon, etc.?
  • skank
    Al Bundy;906544 wrote:Why would Massillon limit themselves to those communities? "If" they have a combine why not bring in kids from Michigan, Oregon, etc.?


    You mean like parochials? Like the QB from Oregon who's dad wanted him to play for St. Ignatius so he NOW plays for st. Ignatius. There was no mention there about getting an education from St. Ignatius, just playing football for them. I thought that was illegal?
  • Con_Alma
    skank;906705 wrote:You mean like parochials? Like the QB from Oregon who's dad wanted him to play for St. Ignatius so he NOW plays for st. Ignatius. There was no mention there about getting an education from St. Ignatius, just playing football for them. I thought that was illegal?
    I can't find anything in what you have explained that is against the OHSAA rules and certainly not anything "illegal".
  • skank
    So transferring for football only purposes are NOT Illegal? His parents still own a house in Oregon, and I believe, from what I read, his mother still resides there. Oh, that's right, Ignatius is a parochial school, different set of rules.
  • Con_Alma
    skank;906711 wrote:So transferring for football only purposes are NOT Illegal? His parents still own a house in Oregon, and I believe, from what I read, his mother still resides there. Oh, that's right, Ignatius is a parochial school, different set of rules.
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    Not at all. It's not illegal. Anyone can transfer for football purposes only as long as they are enrolled as a student. I don't know what you are talking about.

    St. Ignatius doesn't have a different set of rules. They are the same rules all schools adhere to.
  • Al Bundy
    skank;906705 wrote:You mean like parochials? Like the QB from Oregon who's dad wanted him to play for St. Ignatius so he NOW plays for st. Ignatius. There was no mention there about getting an education from St. Ignatius, just playing football for them. I thought that was illegal?
    So if a QB from Oregon plays for Massillon it is all good? But if a QB from Oregon plays for St. Ignatius it is illegal? Do you know the meaning of the word hypocrite?
  • GoChiefs
    Al Bundy;906795 wrote:So if a QB from Oregon plays for Massillon it is all good? But if a QB from Oregon plays for St. Ignatius it is illegal? Do you know the meaning of the word hypocrite?

    His dad just happened to transfer here for work, duh.
  • Al Bundy
    GoChiefs;906814 wrote:His dad just happened to transfer here for work, duh.


    But does he have family still in Oregon? I know the rules are always changing, but according to the law of skank, if you still have family in Oregon and play in Ohio it is cheating :) Or is it only cheating if you have family Oregon and play at a private school? I'm sure his answer will be entertaining. It always is.
  • Rocket08
    Al Bundy;906795 wrote:So if a QB from Oregon plays for Massillon it is all good? But if a QB from Oregon plays for St. Ignatius it is illegal? Do you know the meaning of the word hypocrite?
    Oh, he knows what a hypocrite is.

    He looks at one in the mirror first thing in the morning every day :eek:
  • Dean Wormer
    Al Bundy;906850 wrote:But does he have family still in Oregon? I know the rules are always changing, but according to the law of skank, if you still have family in Oregon and play in Ohio it is cheating :) Or is it only cheating if you have family Oregon and play at a private school? I'm sure his answer will be entertaining. It always is.
    Skank's law:

    1. It is only cheating if a parochial school does it.
    2. When there is a doubt see rule #1.
    3. Massillon is exempt from all rules.


    Can I make it any simpler?
  • Al Bundy
    Dean Wormer;907339 wrote:Skank's law:

    1. It is only cheating if a parochial school does it.
    2. When there is a doubt see rule #1.
    3. Massillon is exempt from all rules.


    Can I make it any simpler?
    only parochial schools or all private schools?
  • skank
    Rocket08;906966 wrote:Oh, he knows what a hypocrite is.

    He looks at one in the mirror first thing in the morning every day :eek:


    Dude? What's next, "I know you are but what am I"? Did you thank your 4 year old for that line?
  • Dean Wormer
    Al Bundy;907358 wrote:only parochial schools or all private schools?
    Just parochial schools. I have never read anything about the private schools. And don't even open the can of worms on open enrollment schools.
  • aged jock
    skank;906514 wrote:Don't try and play this off as the same, these newsletters are harmless and you know it. After all, how much athletic eligibility do YOU have left? And they are decidedly different than "TARGETING" athletes.
    Any school that tries to recruit based primarily on athletics is breaking the rules. Same rules, regardless of type of school. Sending letters touting the school is not illegal, no matter to whom the letters are sent, so long as the total experience and not primarily athletics are touted. It is exactly the same, Skank.

    As for me, my 62nd birthday was Monday. Besides, I played 4 full years, baseball and football and in college, so my eligibility is used up. My kids are in their 30's. I still love to get the letters from the public school and my Catholic school. I've also supported both over the years in many ways.

    We need all the strong schools we can get, Skank. I'm for giving kids all the opportunities we can, in any endeavors they want to undertake. That includes music, religion, arts, academics, social outlets, athletics, everything. I've heard parents and kids talk about reasons they go to particular schools over the years - everything from diversity to academic rigor to athletics to music program to religion. Every person has different reasons.

    Your problem is that you're one dimensional - if people choose to go somewhere other than your public school or some other public school, your bias is that the school MUST be cheating. Sometimes people have a preference. So again, get over it.
  • skank
    Loved the announcement they read at the Massillon/Hoban game friday night....Over and Over. Just can't figure out why the had to keep announcing that, for any prospective student interested, the coaches would be in attendence also.
  • Dean Wormer
    skank;920908 wrote:Loved the announcement they read at the Massillon/Hoban game friday night....Over and Over. Just can't figure out why the had to keep announcing that, for any prospective student interested, the coaches would be in attendence also.
    So let me get this straight. They made an announcement "over and over" at the game about students who would like to attend Hoban. Correct? OVER and OVER? Those damn Catholics must be trying something illegal. Is that what you mean Skank?

    Rocket is wrong. You are no hypocrite. You just don't have a clue about anything unless you make it up in your own mind.
  • skank
    Dean Wormer;921059 wrote:So let me get this straight. They made an announcement "over and over" at the game about students who would like to attend Hoban. Correct? OVER and OVER? Those damn Catholics must be trying something illegal. Is that what you mean Skank?

    Rocket is wrong. You are no hypocrite. You just don't have a clue about anything unless you make it up in your own mind.


    Replace the word students, with the word athletes, why else would the statement, "the coaches will be in attendence also", even need to be said?
  • Con_Alma
    skank;921427 wrote:... why else would the statement, "the coaches will be in attendence also", even need to be said?
    Because athletics are an additional part of the curricular activities offered. They are extra and it's not assumed that the administrators of the extra events would be present so it makes sense to announce such a thing, especially when it's being announced at an extracurricular event itself.

    Public schools are the default for families if a choice is not made. It's automatic if a different choice is not made. Private schools must convince families to select them over the default. Making such an announcement was exactly the right thing to do...something the public school can and probably should do also.
  • skank
    For some....ACADEMICS are the additional part. Hence the announcement that the coaches would be on hand.
  • Con_Alma
    skank;921625 wrote:For some....ACADEMICS are the additional part. Hence the announcement that the coaches would be on hand.
    If it were the Academics being the "additional part" it wouldn't be assumed that they would be present in which case it would be announced that the teachers would be present.
  • Al Bundy
    skank;921625 wrote:For some....ACADEMICS are the additional part. Hence the announcement that the coaches would be on hand.
    Are you sure that you want to compare the academics of Hoban and Massillon and determine which school treats them as an additional part?
  • skank
    Al Bundy;921798 wrote:Are you sure that you want to compare the academics of Hoban and Massillon and determine which school treats them as an additional part?


    Wow, you really got me there.

    No, I don't want to compare them, which is why I'm on a football board and not a academic board. What I AM trying to compare, and have been for about 120 pages, are the rules seperating publics and privates.
  • skank
    Con_Alma;921667 wrote:If it were the Academics being the "additional part" it wouldn't be assumed that they would be present in which case it would be announced that the teachers would be present.


    This has me wondering, during the Cleveland area combines, when middle school CHILDREN were trying to decide which parochial school they would attend....for athletic purposes....Was there an announcement that teachers would be attending the combines? I mean, after all, kids don't just base what school they will attend simply on football do they?
  • Al Bundy
    skank;922091 wrote:Wow, you really got me there.

    No, I don't want to compare them, which is why I'm on a football board and not a academic board. What I AM trying to compare, and have been for about 120 pages, are the rules seperating publics and privates.
    Here is the only rule that is different for publics and privates. Which side does it favor? http://www.ohsaa.org/eligibility/bylaw4-7.htm

    Bylaw 4-7-2, EXCEPTION 6 — A student shall be entitled to one transfer back to the public school district within which the student’s parent residence is located regardless of from where the student is transferring. HOWEVER, if the student utilizes this exception, the student will no longer be able to utilize the superintendent’s agreement exception set forth in Exception 5 in Bylaw 4-7-2.